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The Sports Xchange By Jack Etkin, The Sports Xchange Cardinals 4, Rockies 3 DENVER -- The Colorado Rockies had an opportunity to inflict major damage on St. Louis Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright in the first inning Wednesday night. Instead, the Rockies had to settle for two runs, as Wainwright quickly regrouped and found his pitching groove as the Cardinals beat the Rockies 4-3. The victory enabled the Cardinals to extend their lead in the National League Central to two games over the Pittsburgh Pirates, who lost their third straight game at home to San Diego, falling 3-2 when the Padres scored twice in the ninth inning.

Cardinals blank Pirates behind Wainwright ST. LOUIS -- Pittsburgh starter Jeff Locke knew what he and the Pirates were up against on Saturday night. "He's the guy they would want to have on the mound in a game like this," Locke said of St. Louis ace Adam Wainwright, "and he showed why. " In one of his best outings of the year, Wainwright allowed two hits and two walks in seven scoreless innings as the Cardinals regained first place in the wild National League Central race with a 5-0 win at sold-out Busch Stadium.

The Sports Xchange Molina leaves game with sore wrist St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina left Monday's game against the Cincinnati Reds in the fifth inning with a sore wrist. The club announced that Molina's status is day-to-day. Molina, 31, went on the 15-day disabled list earlier this season with a right knee sprain. Prior to that, he had not been on the DL since 2007. Molina had a batting line of .329/.367/.488 with 10 home runs and 61 RBI in 112 games this year heading into Monday.

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Rockies at Marlins The Miami Marlins hope to keep the momentum going after another sparking performance by Jose Fernandez when they host the Colorado Rockies on Sunday in the rubber match of their three-game series. Fernandez won his fifth straight decision Saturday as Miami prevailed 3-0, but the Marlins are 1-6 following his last seven starts in which they've won six times. The Rockies are 3-6 on their 10-game road trip and have lost 28 of their last 38 contests away from home.

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Cardinals 3, Braves 1 Cardinals 3, Braves 1: Adam Wainwright became the first National League's first 15-game winner by tossing a six-hitter as host St. Louis beat Atlanta for the second consecutive night. NL batting leader Yadier Molina finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored for St. Louis, which remained one game behind first-place Pittsburgh in the NL Central and moved 2 1/2 games ahead of Cincinnati for the top wild-card spot. Wainwright (15-7) struck out nine without issuing a walk in firing his major league-leading fifth complete game.

The Sports Xchange By Bucky Dent, The Sports Xchange Miller, Cardinals top slumping Braves ST. LOUIS -- Shelby Miller found a new tool in his previous start. He might have perfected it Saturday night. Relying on pinpoint location and a freshly-developed cutter to augment his 95 MPH per hour fastball, the St. Louis rookie dominated suddenly-struggling Atlanta for seven innings in a 6-2 win at sold-out Busch Stadium. Miller (12-8) allowed just three hits, including Freddie Freeman's two-out solo homer in the first, and walked none while fanning six in an efficient 101-pitch effort.